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Wreck of Whaling Ship From Massachusetts Discovered Nearly 190 Years Later
Roughly 15 years before Herman Melville introduced the world to Moby Dick, a whaling ship from Massachusetts sank near the mouth of the Mississippi River.
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Experts: Cruise Ships No Place for a Coronavirus Quarantine
Cruise ships hit by coronavirus outbreaks have quickly found themselves with no ports for thousands of passengers as countries on four continents have quarantined vessels or kept them at sea for days. Keeping all the passengers on board instead of letting them disembark on land is a strategy that can backfire, however, according to experts, because the ventilation systems and…
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Substitute Teaching a Challenge in Jimmy Carter's Class
Every now and then, Sunday school teacher Kim Fuller makes a point during class and the old man sitting on the front pew raises his eyebrows quizzically. That old man is her uncle, former president Jimmy Carter — and Fuller’s unique challenge is to serve as his substitute in the class he usually teaches himself. Fuller is the eldest daughter…
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4 Dead, Several Injured Across South in Outbreak of Twisters
A swarm of tornadoes and other storms that left a trail of destruction across the Southeast killed four people, injured at least a dozen more and left victims to bundle up against the cold as they picked up pieces of their homes on Tuesday. The death toll rose to four after heavy overnight rains caused flooding in Greenup County, Kentucky….
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Security, NY Incident Leave Some Unsettled After ‘Joker'
Extra layers of security, intense on-screen action and a frightening incident inside a New York theater combined to create an unsettling experience for some moviegoers who went to see “Joker” on its opening weekend.
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Trump Pays His Respects to 23 Killed by Alabama Tornado
Head bowed, President Donald Trump paid respects Friday to the 23 people killed when a powerful tornado roared through a rural Alabama town, observing a moment of silence before white wooden crosses that stood in remembrance of each victim. Trump and his wife, Melania, held hands as they paused in front of each of the markers erected near a church...
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5 Killed as Storms Sweep Through South
A Mississippi woman who desperately tried to direct rescuers to her sinking vehicle after it skidded into a rain-swollen creek was among five people killed in storms across the South. Jacqueline Williams, 52, was running a newspaper delivery route when her car slid off a road into a creek in her hometown of Florence before dawn Monday, authorities said. She...
